Toon Level With Chelsea, United Scramble Three Points Clear

With eight games on Saturday, there was only one instalment of Super Sunday and an episode of Monday Night Football. Newcastle travelled to West Brom in a match that saw them go level on points with Chelsea, eight ahead of seventh place Liverpool and five behind fourth place Tottenham. Papiss Cisse continued his fantastic start to the Premiership by opening the scoring after just six minutes. It became two in 12 when Hatem Ben Arfa doubled Newcastle's advantage with Cisse adding his second 11-minutes before half-time. Shane Long made it 3-1 seven minutes into the second half but it wasn't enough to inspire what would have been a phenomenal comeback.

Old Trafford was the destination for Monday Night Football as Manchester United crept back to the top of the table. Fulham were the visitors and managed to grow into the game after the initial 20-minutes when United's possessional dominance began to subside. The only goal of the game came four minutes before half-time with Wayne Rooney making it 17 goals in 17 games, putting him just five goals behind Robin Van Persie in the Premiership. United failed to claw back the goal difference on Manchester City in the second half and could have had two of the three points taken, Michael Carrick looked to have bundled Danny Murphy over in the box in injury time but referee, Michael Oliver, didn't give it.